Anthony Lapham
Anthony Lapham | |
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| Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia | |
| In office 1962–1966 | |
| Executive Assistant to the Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury | |
| In office 1965–1967 | |
| 3rd General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency | |
| In office June 1, 1976 – May 9, 1979 | |
| President | |
| Directors | |
| Preceded by | John S. Warner |
| Succeeded by | Daniel B. Silver |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 22, 1936 San Francisco |
| Died | November 11, 2006 Somewhere on the Cane River |
| Parent | Lewis A. Lapham |
| Alma mater | Yale University Georgetown University Law Center |
| Sibling | Lewis H. Lapham |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | |
| Battles/wars | Cold War |
Anthony "Tony" Abbott Lapham was the 3rd General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), acting as the CIA's chief legal officer during the chaotic period of the Church Committee. Lapham was also known as an environmentalist, and was chairman of American Rivers, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving rivers, and died while on a trout fishing trip on the Cane River. He served on the board of the Krebser Fund for Rappahannock County Conservation and was a trustee of Ocean Conservancy, American Farmland Trust, National Audubon Society, Environmental Defense Fund and the Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central Atlantic States.